Bibliograph

Flying, falling, catching, an unlikely story of finding freedom, Henri J. M. Nouwen and Carolyn Whitney-Brown

Type

Label

Flying, falling, catching, an unlikely story of finding freedom, Henri J. M. Nouwen and Carolyn Whitney-Brown

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-259)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Flying, falling, catching

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1298599353

Responsibility statement

Henri J. M. Nouwen and Carolyn Whitney-Brown

Sub title

an unlikely story of finding freedom

Summary

During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen's own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction. In Flying, Falling, Catching, Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack. Readers will meet Nouwen as a spiritual risk taker who was transformed through his engagement with these trapeze artists, as well as his participation in the Civil Rights movement, his life in community with people with intellectual disabilities, his personal growth through friendships during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and other unexpected encounters. What will we do with our lives, and with whom will we do it? In this story of flying and catching, Nouwen invites us all to let go and fly, even when we are afraid of falling

Table Of Contents

The call -- Falling -- Teamwork -- Trust the catcher -- Flying

Target audience

adult

Classification